Last year, startup Mojo Vision unveiled an early prototype of a contact lens that contains everything it needs to augment reality—an image sensor, display, motion sensors and wireless radios all safe and comfortable to tuck into your eye.
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Google is rolling out new features to TalkBack,, Messages, Google Maps and more
Google recently announced it’s rolling out updates to six different Android apps, from the TalkBack screen reader to Google Maps. The updates add useful new features, like the ability to schedule when a text message will be sent in the Messages app. Google Maps is also receiving an update of its own that adds a true dark mode throughout the entire app, not just when you’re using navigation.
Moovit adds 2 new features to help riders plan their trips
Moovit, an Intel company, a leading Mobility as a Service (MaaS) solutions provider and creator of the urban mobility app, is launching two new features to help riders more easily plan their journeys and get around with confidence.
How to quickly share your location on an iPhone with a message!
Did you know that you can share your location right from the Messages app on your iPhone or iPad? Here’s a quick way to share your location via Apple Maps, from the Messages app.
Smartphone app provides navigational assistance needed for people with disabilities and seniors
A research group led by the Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab) at the University of Maine is developing a smartphone app that provides the navigational assistance needed for people with disabilities and seniors to enjoy ride-sharing and ride-hailing, collectively termed mobility-as-a-service, with the latest in automotive technology.
AWARE app helps visually impaired explore their surroundings independently!
Introducing a mobile app to help visually impaired explore their surroundings independently!
Navigate the world step-by-step with GoodMaps Explore
GoodMaps Explore provides on-demand, reactive mobile navigation for people who are blind or visually impaired, and developers are working to tackle a region that Google Maps has long ignored: indoor spaces.
Clio app adds new augmented reality feature
A new version of the Clio app uses augmented reality, allowing users to pan their smartphone across the landscape to see historic photos and click on them to learn more.
This app allows blind people to enjoy Christmas lights
The Human Language and Accessibility Technologies (HULAT) research group at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed and validated a mobile application that allows people with visual impairments to enjoy Christmas lights in the city of Madrid.
Smartphone-linked traffic lights helps blind and visually impaired pedestrians in Japan
Special traffic lights with a system that notifies visually impaired people what signal is currently being shown through auditory guidance on their smartphones are gradually being set up across Japan.
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